§ 17000

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 145. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.

For purposes of this division, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Certified community conservation corps” means a community conservation corps that was in existence on September 30, 1999, or that is formed subsequent to that date, and that is designated by a city or a city and county to perform litter abatement, recycling, and related activities, if the city or the city and county has a population, as determined by the most recent census, of more than 250,000 persons.
(b)“Community conservation corps” means a community conservation corps, as defined in Section 14507.5, that is designated by a county to perform litter abatement, recycling, and related

activities, and that is certified by the California Conservation Corps as having operated for a minimum of two years and as meeting all other criteria of Section 14507.5.

(c)“Department” means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.

Other sections in Division 12.5 - Community Conservation Corps

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